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Why BigLaw Associates Should Listen to Me

August 24, 2017 by C. Hank Peters 9 Comments

At conferences throughout the year, I’m often pigeonholed by attendees, who look at my name and ask me this question: “Who the fuck are you?”  After I explain who I am and I buy a few rounds of drinks, people start talking to me. After a few more drinks, I tell them why my advice…

Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: advice, Big Legal Brain, biglaw, gl11, SmallLaw

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Ethical Considerations for Being a Badass Motherf**cker

June 13, 2017 by C. Hank Peters 2 Comments

We’re not going to tell you how (yet) to be a badass motherfucker. We just don’t see any ethical problems.

Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Big Legal Brain, legal marketing

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Tips to Manufacture Outrage in Legal Writing

May 22, 2017 by C. Hank Peters 12 Comments

To be a successful big firm lawyer, you need to understand the art of manufactured outrage. Most successful solo attorneys have developed the skill of manufacturing outrage over years of being the little guy and overlooked for major litigation. As a big firm attorney, though, you’ll need to manufacture outrage easily and on the spot.…

Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Big Legal Brain, gl11, legal writing

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Five Signs You’ve Become an Old Codger Lawyer

March 28, 2017 by C. Hank Peters 19 Comments

The “Old Codger Lawyer,” a species of lawyer that is at least two generations behind but still proudly unaware of it.

Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Columns, Featured, Lawyer Tagged With: Big Legal Brain, gl11, hot tub, practicing law

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Amoeba Racing and 4 Other Idiotic Law Firm Team-Building Exercises

March 21, 2017 by C. Hank Peters 10 Comments

Most team-building exercises work well, like tailgating in a parking lot before a partner’s big ERISA trial. But others are not such a good idea.

Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Columns, Featured, Lawyer Tagged With: associates, Big Legal Brain, gl11, law firms, team-building

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Best Ways to Serve Booze in the Office

September 16, 2014 by C. Hank Peters Leave a Comment

Four great ways to serve booze in the office, law office or otherwise.

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Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Lawyer Tagged With: booze, coffee, Featured, liquor

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5 Obsolete Legal Technologies that Shouldn’t Be Obsolete

March 27, 2014 by C. Hank Peters 5 Comments

Here are 5 fundamentally sound legal technologies the tech gods believe are obsolete. But they shouldn’t be.

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Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Lawyer Tagged With: Big Legal Brain, office computer, technology

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Top 5 Doodads for a New Lawyer’s Bucket List

February 3, 2014 by C. Hank Peters 2 Comments

With hordes of law school graduates striking out to be lawyers and retail specialists, what should be in a new lawyer’s bucket list?

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Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Lawyer Tagged With: Featured, new lawyer

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Consider Vinyl for Your Next Podcast Release

January 8, 2014 by C. Hank Peters Leave a Comment

Vinyl provides instant street cred, captures the true fidelity of that lost podcast sound, and ultimately returns podcasts to their heyday in 2007

Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Lawyer Tagged With: legal marketing, podcast

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Fixed Fee Retainer Agreement for the Slacker Set

December 3, 2013 by C. Hank Peters 1 Comment

A slacker legal form that covers the basics of any flat fee retainer agreement, but in a manner most slackers will find refreshingly honest

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Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Lawyer Tagged With: Featured, legal forms

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